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It seems like the golden age of freedom is behind us for now, and we’re going to descend for a while back into nationalism and authoritarianism

• seneca 1y ago
  While I agree with you about rising authoritarianism, I'm confused what this has to do with nationalism. Chat Control is being created by the EU, a supranational organization. If anything, this sort of transnational authoritarianism is a bigger threat, and likely to promote nationalist backlash.
  • piker 1y ago
    I meant them as independent threats.
  • munksbeer 1y ago
    > Chat Control is being created by the EU, a supranational organization It is not. It is being pushed by certain politicians from certain member nations onto the commission.
• gobdovan 1y ago
  Funniest part is, current EU politicians are setting these systems up just as nationalist and authoritarian politicians (their adversaries) start to dominate the scene. Introducing this now seems like self-sabotage.
  • getcrunk 1y ago
    Or … part of the plan
• octo888 1y ago
  WW2 was the immense shock that gave us that golden age of the 1960s-1990s. But WW2 is now a distant memory for most.
  • morkalork 1y ago
    It's eerie how immediate the regression is right around when the last eyewitnesses are dying. Did their children not listen to their parents at all?
    • Belopolye 1y ago
      No fellow citizen- as long as it's in the name of Liberal Democracy and the Open Society™, the means in question are rather ephemeral.
    • octo888 1y ago
      It was also lurking in the background because there are plenty of children of WW2 era-fascists in European politics too